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526 C. 2 — 6. Anno primo Georgii III. A. D. 1760. nies arifing from the full and free Exercife and Enjoyment of them, fo fubje«5l us aforefaid, fliall, during his Majefty's Life, be carried to, and made Part of, the aggregate Fund. CAP. 11. An Acl for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Ser- vice of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one. EXP. CAP. m. An A(El for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one. EXP. C A P. IV. An A6t to continue for a limited Time the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, and Butter from Ireland. PreamWs* * TT 7 HE RE AS the permitting the Importation of Salted Beef, Pork, and Butter, from /;r-

  • VV land into this Kingdom, hath been found ufeful and beneficial, and that the Time allowed

'* for that Purpofe is near expiring; and it is expedient that the fame fliould be prolonged ; May it ■ * therefore pleafe your moft Kxceilent Majefty, that it may be enabled ;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and v/ith the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That Aft '% Geo. 2. (. 5.^" ^^ made in the thirty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, inti- continued to 24 Dec. tuled. An A^ to continue for a UmitedThne the Importation of Salted Beef , Pork^ and Butter, frotnlxo.- 1761. land ; which was to continue in Force until the twenty-fourth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and ftxty, fliall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of December one thouiand itQ,i hundred and fixty-or.e, CAP. V. An A(5t to enable His Majefty to be Governor of the South Sea Company. PreciTibk * ^TTHEREAS the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the SoutJ?

  • VV Seas, and other Parts of A7nerica, and for encouraging the Fiflicry, have made an humble
  • Addrefs to the King's moft Excellent Majefty, in a General Court of the faid Company, that his

' Majefty would be gracioudy plcafed to honour the faid Company with being their Gov crnor, where- ' unto his Majefty being willing to condefcend, fome Doubts and Difficulties have arifen, or may

  • arife, touching the Qualiflcitions and Duties prefcribed by Law, or by the Charter granted to the

' faid Company, in relation to the Governors or Governnicnt thereof: For Remedy v/nereof,' Be it enaiSted and declared by the King's moft Excellent Majeity, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affemhlcd, and by the Authority of the fanie, That his Majefty fhall be capable of being and continuing Governor of His Majefty declared ca-^he faid Company, for fuch Time or Times as are prefcribed by the faid Charter for the Conti ingof the faid Charter, without the Forms of ballotting, or other Methods prefcribed by fuch Char- ter for elediing the Governor of the faid Company; any thing in .he faid Charter to the contrary not- vvitliltandi ng. ^lis M.iJLiiy cxamptcH ^I- ^^^^ '^'^ hereby declared and enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That tlie Oaths prefcribed by the fro n taking the Oaibs faid Charter, or any Law now in Force, and all other Acts, Matters, or Things, ncceflary or rcqui- o» offiee J fite to qualify a Subject of this Realm to be Governor of the faid Company, fliall not be deemed to be nccelVary or requillte for his Majefty's Qualification, in rcfpeitof the faid Goveinment, nor fliall the faid Oaths be adminiftered to his Mr.jefty ; and that his Majefty in all Cafes where any Vote is to be givt-ii, or AtSt to be done by him as Governor of the faid Comjiany, may, (if his iViajcfty think ©"jfTbvVroxy. ^^^ ^V any Warrantor Warrants under hi's Royal Sign Manual, appoint the Sub Governor, or De- puty Governor of the faid Company, to vote or Act for him, or on his Behalf j any former Law, Statute, Charter, or Provifion, to the contrary notvvithftandii-!g. CAP. VI. An Act for punifiiing Mutinv and Dcfcrtion ; and for the better Payment of the Army and tlicir Qliarters. EXP. C A J'.